Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unable to stand it any longer , Sheila went up to him and before he had time to react seized both envelopes , feverishly tearing open her own and handing the other to Mona , who appeared almost unable to take it . |
| 2 | He could not help her by attacking Havvie and creating an even worse scandal ; that would be self-indulgent , merely seeking to exorcise his own guilt for not believing her . |
| 3 | It would be misleading to profile school teachers as only seeking to maximize their own prestige by cultivating exaggerated interests in sport among black schoolkids and thus jeopardizing their chances academically . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm only going to ask you these questions once , ’ he said , ‘ so listen . |
| 5 | Now here was this gifted sister , who had so many opportunities that he had been denied , apparently threatening to throw them all down the drain , and bury herself in some backwater in Africa . |
| 6 | And we 're constantly trying to convince ourselves that fat does n't matter ! |
| 7 | I was only trying to give you some support , Claudia . ’ |
| 8 | I am only trying to mind my own business and I do n't know whether I can prevent the compulsory purchase order . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 've spent so long trying to block it all out . |
| 10 | And finally I 'm obviously hoping to do myself some good . |
| 11 | Similarly , the classes-in-struggle contest control of the state and its apparatus , thereby seeking to promote their own interests . |
| 12 | He had never been this close to him before , though of course he had seen him from a distance on parade , the short , brisk figure in green and white , dwarfed by the forest of cocked hats around , yet somehow contriving to dominate them all . |
| 13 | I 'm just going to give her some milk . ’ |
| 14 | I was just going to bring you some . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm I 'm pleased it 's flavour of the month because it 's just going to show you all when w when you listen to his words . |
| 16 | Sunjeev 's community — there are plenty of Asian-origin Yorkshire families in Fartown — is meanwhile beginning to add its own distinctive musical contribution . |
| 17 | Well I 'm just coming to ask you that |
| 18 | A church with a static membership may equally describe a stable community or a church in rapid transition which is just managing to hold its own . |
| 19 | If you 're just trying to remember them all and you 've got all these words and letters floating round in your head it 's quite awkward is n't it trying to sort them out which is which cos there are you know millions of words . |
| 20 | Desperately needing to justify her own actions , minimise her behaviour , she thought it all through again from the beginning until it made even less sense than it had before . |
| 21 | But he was still going to miss his own bed ! |
| 22 | As far as politics is concerned , it is possible to look at those who are deliberately attempting to construct their own ideological cameras . |
| 23 | I sympathize because in my little way I grieve too , but over the people in my life I have allowed to die without ever having shown them any particular affection . |
| 24 | This was one reason why the British , still hoping to maintain their own influence in world affairs , joined with France , Belgium , Holland and Luxembourg in the Brussels defence pact of March 1948 . |
| 25 | Seeing as the best thing about Levitation is the way they challenge his previous band 's liabilities , it 's a shame Tel 's still trying to master his own voice , but there 's still time before they release their debut single . |
| 26 | He bent down , still trying to keep them both at the same height . |
| 27 | I designed windows suited to all positions , and of all varieties of size form and grouping doorways cornices parapets and imaginary combinations of all these , carefully studying to make them all thoroughly by practical , and suited to the class of building . |
| 28 | Bar-Belle Aviation are also hoping to establish their own airfield with a 1,000 metre grass runway ‘ somewhere ’ in Oxfordshire , with a view to basing most of their fleet as well as it becoming a centre for warbird and historic aircraft . |
| 29 | Sir Dick was also planning to write his own life story despite Government disapproval of such books . |
| 30 | Sid 's the kinda hombre who does n't climb down from his saddle just to pander to the latest flight of fancy that the LA music scene has retched up , far preferring to follow his own happy trail . |